Thanks for reminding me of that game. That was a rough game to watch. Shut AP down and allow a below average QB to beat us. A real shot to the man-bag, for sure

This is where a guy like Cushing can help.
Wade was so set in containing these guys on the edges, he let them up the middle to make plays from time to time.
We need somebody with a presence in the middle to lay down the law.
One hit and they will think twice.

Opening on the road at what amounts to a 9:30 pm start for our guys, and it being primetime, has "L" written all over it.

Will win the next game.

Then three games in a row that are a bit scary.

Could be looking at a potential for 1-4 or 2-3 or 3-2 after the first 5 games are played. That's going to rattle a team that ended its season in New England looking like Gary's squad from his first couple of years here.

I'll say 3-2 would be a satisfactory scenario heading into week 6. Trying to stay positive, but I mean gosh...last year at this time we looked at our 2012 schedule and a lot of us nailed the predictions fairly quickly...and we ended up doing pretty much what a lot of us said we'd do. This year? No like at all.

That schedule looks rough the way it's stacked on home vs. road games and then the 3-straight games early on vs. really tough competition. Factor in that our final four games have 3 away games, ouchie.

I'm sure Russell Wilson has a few things to worry about himself. Just like Cam (Superman) Newton did. Just like Vince did, Just like Bruce Gradkowski, Just like Suan King, Just like Aaron Brooks, & a lot of other flash in the pans.

It's easy to shock everyone when no one knows who you are. Much different than when they're studying your game for weeks.

It's also difficult for people who had been successful in the past, to maintain that success. Instead of just being who they are, they try to be who they were last year, or the year before.

I don't see the same optimism this time around. I was one touting we'd have a really nice record when the 2012 schedule rolled out, this time around with what I've seen of last year's patterns...not so much.

1.) Opening game is a trouble spot

2.) Second game is doable

3.) Next three games are definitely tough

4.) Our primetime games are always a bit shaky

5.) Late-season skid and inability to close out HFA by beating the Colts? Yep.

Gary Kubiak and Matt Schaub have to do some very special things in 2013 in order for us to retain the AFC South and improve our playoff record.

I think we drop 2 more. I don't like 3 prime time away games again. I wish the Thursday night game was right after the bye.

I think anywhere from 10-6 to 13-3 is a legitimate prediction.

To me it comes down to staying relatively healthy. If our best players are healthy come playoff time, we'll be in good shape.

Don't think everyone fully realizes what effect the loss of Cushing had last year. It's hard to lose your team MVP from the previous year and win it all. Still, we finished 12-4 and made the divisional round. Not what everyone wanted, but still darn good. I think this year will be even better.

When I look at that schedule I can't help but think that this will be Kubiak's and maybe schaub's last year as texans.

If Matt struggles, and Gary keeps status-quot and leaves him in and/or keeps starting him, then you may be correct. If Schaub can do his best Trent Dilfer imitation this year then they both may be ok for the time being.

If Matt struggles, and Gary keeps status-quot and leaves him in and/or keeps starting him, then you may be correct. If Schaub can do his best Trent Dilfer imitation this year then they both may be ok for the time being.

This is getting ridiculous. Schaub sucking would have him looking like Dilfer. The only thing Dilfer comes close to beating Schaub in is wiping Schaub out with 49 more INT's in approximately the same number of attempts.

This is getting ridiculous. Schaub sucking would have him looking like Dilfer. The only thing Dilfer comes close to beating Schaub in is wiping Schaub out with 49 more INT's in approximately the same number of attempts.

What I meant was his SuperBowl year. The last sentence below says it all.

From WiKi:

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Baltimore Ravens

Dilfer signed with the Ravens on March 8, 2000 and became the backup for Tony Banks. After two straight losses and four straight weeks without an offensive touchdown, the Ravens replaced Banks with Dilfer. The Ravens would lose their third straight game and fail to score a touchdown for the fifth straight week. It would be the last time the Ravens would lose a game that season, or go without a touchdown. The Ravens finished the season winning seven straight to earn a wild card berth at 12-4. The 7-1 run also gave Dilfer a 45-39 record as a starter at that point.

In the playoffs, Dilfer went 3-0, and the Ravens advanced to Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa, Florida to meet the New York Giants. Halfway through the first quarter he connected with Brandon Stokley on a deep post for a 38-yard touchdown, badly beating Jason Sehorn. A third down 44-yard pass to Qadry Ismail would set up a field goal before halftime, to give Baltimore a 10-0 lead. The Ravens eventually won 34-7. Dilfer's game stats were 12 completions for 153 yards and 1 TD. Dilfer was described as a game manager quarterback for the Ravens that season: He "wasn't elite, but he didn't make costly mistakes, and was supported by a dominant defense."